From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 5/12/2024 3:29 AM, Mark Brader wrote:   
   >   
   > * Game 7, Round 9 - Science - The Skin   
   >   
   > This round is about our biggest organ.   
   >   
   > 1. Within 3 percentage points, approximately how many percent of   
   >     body weight does skin account for?   
      
   5%; 12%   
      
   > 5. In medical terminology, you may hear it called a cicatrix.   
   >     What is it called in common speech?   
      
   scar   
      
   > 6. This is the most abundant protein in the body and a major   
   >     component of the skin, helping it to maintain its elasticity,   
   >     volume, moisture and all-around youthfulness.  What is this   
   >     protein called?   
      
   collagen   
      
   > 8. Adermatoglyphia is a genetic condition first identified in 2007   
   >     and known to affect only 5 extended families worldwide.   
   >     It has been jocularly dubbed "immigration delay disease".   
   >     What normal skin feature do this condition's sufferers lack?   
      
   fingerprints   
      
   > 10. Michael Jackson's claim, made in a 2009 interview with Oprah   
   >     Winfrey, that he suffered from a genetic condition that caused   
   >     his skin to lose pigment, was met with skepticism, as Jackson was   
   >     accused of "whitening" his skin.  His autopsy proved otherwise.   
   >     By what name is Jackson's genetic condition known?   
      
   vitiligo   
      
   > ** Game 7, Round 10 - Challenge Round   
   >   
   > * B.  Geography: France	   
   >   
   >     B1. The French have a nickname for their country borrowed   
   >         from geometry.  What is it?  (In English, please.)   
      
   the Hexagon   
      
   >     B2. What is the English name for the geographical feature the   
   >         French call La Manche (the sleeve)?   
      
   English Channel   
      
   > * C.  Entertainment: Denis Villeneuve	   
   >   
   >     C1. "Dune: Part Two" isn't the first sequel Denis Villeneuve   
   >         has directed.  Name his 2017 science-fiction film.   
      
   "Blade Runner 2049"   
      
   >     C2. Name Villeneuve's first SF film, released in 2016 and   
   >         starring Amy Adams as a linguist in conversation with   
   >         visiting aliens.   
      
   "Arrival"   
      
   > * E.  History/Canadiana: World War II	   
   >   
   >     E1. Chatham native Wally Floody was the "Tunnel King" whose   
   >         designs enabled 76 Commonwealth and European flyers to   
   >         leave Stalag Luft III in March 1944.  No Americans were   
   >         involved.  By what name does history remember (and Hollywood   
   >         misrepresent) this operation?   
      
   the Great Escape   
      
   >     E2. On May 16, 1943, a bombing raid put German hydroelectric   
   >         generating plants in the Ruhr Valley out of commission.   
   >         30 of the 133 Commonwealth airmen participating were   
   >         Canadian.  By what name are the raiders remembered?   
   >         Again your answer will be the name of a movie.   
      
   the Dam Busters   
      
   > * F.  Art & Literature: Shared Titles	   
   >   
   >     F1. What title is shared by a 1654 painting by Carel Fabritius   
   >         and a 2014 novel by Donna Tartt?   
      
   "The Goldfinch"   
      
   >     F2. What title is shared by a 1665 painting by Johannes Vermeer   
   >         and a 1999 novel by Tracy Chevalier?   
      
   "Girl with a Pearl Earring"   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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